Beer Styles

From hoppy giants to dark and brooding stouts, here’s your guide to the full spectrum of beer styles we've come across so far. Each one comes with its own weighted average score, based on beer scores. Click or tap on a style to find out what makes it tick, and which brews are worth a try.

Style	Weighted Average Score
(unknown)	43.70%
all-malt lager	23.10%
altbier	42.30%
Baltic porter	69.40%
Belgian-style dark ale	57.60%
Belgian-style IPA	56.20%
Belgian-style pale ale	49.10%
Belgian-style strong dark ale	74.00%
Belgian-style strong pale ale	67.40%
Berliner weisse	49.80%
bière brut	52.40%
bière de garde	60.40%
bitter	20.70%
black & tan	42.40%
black IPA	59.20%
black saison	59.70%
bock	58.50%
Bohemian pilsner	29.00%
braggot	69.00%
brut IPA	47.90%
brut pale ale	27.60%
Caledonian ale	50.10%
chicha de jora	76.50%
chilli beer	37.10%
cider	33.10%
cold IPA	36.30%
coolship	60.20%
cream ale	43.20%
dark mild	28.80%
DDH IPA	64.00%
DDH pale ale	49.60%
doppelbock	73.50%
dortmunder	37.30%
dubbel	61.50%
dunkel bock	54.80%
dunkel lager	50.90%
dunkel weizen	44.00%
eisbock	77.50%
ESB	36.30%
European dark lager	50.30%
European pale lager	21.30%
European strong lager	38.60%
export stout	59.40%
faro	71.20%
Flanders-style oud bruin	71.70%
Flanders-style red ale	69.60%
Flanders-style sour ale	70.60%
Florida weisse	50.90%
fruit beer	46.90%
fruit cider/perry	35.80%
fruit IPA	47.70%
fruit lambic	68.60%
Germanic pilsener	24.40%
gose	56.70%
graff	46.60%
grisette	47.70%
grodziskie	39.00%
gruit	59.00%
gueuze	56.60%
hard seltzer	18.30%
hefe weizen	45.30%
helles bock	57.90%
helles lager	33.60%
herb/spice beer	45.60%
Hibernian dry stout	36.20%
Hibernian red ale	40.00%
hopfenweizen	70.20%
imperial IPA	73.80%
imperial pilsner	71.60%
imperial porter	84.30%
imperial stout	89.30%
keller/zwickel bier	41.50%
Kentucky common	78.50%
keptinis	68.90%
Kölsch	37.10%
kotbusser	54.80%
kristall weizen	41.00%
kulmbacher	82.10%
kvass	36.00%
lichtenhainer	76.60%
light lager	13.50%
low alcohol beer	11.80%
magkeolli	74.00%
malt liquor	38.70%
maltøl	80.70%
märzen	44.30%
mass-produced lager	13.70%
mead	65.00%
milk stout	68.90%
milkshake IPA	66.40%
milkshake pale ale	63.60%
New England IPA	57.10%
New England pale ale	42.80%
New World amber/red ale	46.90%
New World amber/red lager	43.80%
New World barley wine	86.80%
New World blonde ale	35.90%
New World brown ale	58.60%
New World dark lager	50.90%
New World dark wheat ale	61.10%
New World IPA	55.10%
New World pale ale	41.80%
New World pale lager	32.20%
New World pale wheat ale	43.00%
New World porter	60.50%
New World stout	59.90%
New World strong ale	71.80%
oat ipa	59.40%
oat wine	88.60%
oatmeal porter	64.40%
oatmeal stout	59.00%
old ale	59.00%
oriental rice lager	25.70%
oyster stout	42.80%
pale mild	16.60%
pastry sour	66.40%
pastry stout	82.80%
perry	42.60%
pumpkin ale	70.00%
quadrupel	85.40%
rauchbier	54.20%
red IPA	52.20%
roggenbier	46.30%
roggenbock	78.10%
Russian imperial stout	82.00%
rye beer	43.20%
rye IPA	51.70%
rye wine	95.60%
saison	58.30%
saké	55.10%
sato	63.40%
schwarzbier	54.80%
session IPA	36.90%
smoked ale	59.70%
sour beer	57.70%
sour IPA	62.40%
steam beer	39.60%
steinbier	53.90%
traditional barley wine	75.90%
traditional brown ale	42.60%
traditional IPA	31.20%
traditional lambic	64.80%
traditional pale ale	21.30%
traditional porter	47.40%
traditional stout	43.80%
traditional strong ale	55.40%
tripel	68.70%
Ukrainian-style golden ale	29.30%
urweisse	66.50%
vegetable beer	59.90%
Vienna lager	40.70%
wee heavy	70.10%
weizen bock	63.70%
wheat wine	93.70%
white ipa	53.10%
white porter	85.00%
white stout	72.70%
winter warmer	47.80%
witbier	47.90%

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